This eventss season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats countrys disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. The book titled, usual cruelty. Comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for Racial Justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. Especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. Karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. Was awarded Steven Wright award for indigent defense in the south. As introduction to his talk tonight im exciting to welcoming his guest the program. Payne the poet. In d. C. He was raised in columbus, hire, after serving 8 year sentence within the Virginia Department of corrections he began using poetry as method of healing. Among his work he taught various workshops, afterschool programs and Panel Discussions dealing with topics like mass incarceration, prison reform, social sus just, disenfranchisement and educatio
We are thrilled to have the panel of four here including our author Charles Barber and instead of listening to me talk were going to getstarted. First up is ivan cusick. Is nice to be here in new haven. My name is ivan cusick. I want a criminal Justice Research agency. Well, unit for the state of connecticut. Thank you. I want a Small Research unit syndicated to understanding the criminal Justice Systemin the state of connecticut. I work for the office of policy and management and one of my responsibilities is to look hard at the present system and to reduce recidivism studies and other studies related to people coming out of connecticut presence over time. And ive been doing these studiesfor about 10 years for the state of connecticut. And one thing that ive kind of come to accept working in criminal justice is its an area which doesnt prepare people to see a lot of good news. Mostly the outcomes are generally not so good. So in terms of recidivism, for the threeyear period following
Would you help me in thanking our three winners today. American history tv with a look at journalism history. At 8 00 p. M. , women reporters in vietnam. A new exhibit reporting vietnam, the museum hosts a discussion with women who covered the war. At 9 20 p. M. , we marked the 150e anniversary of the nation, one of the oldest magazines in america. We have interviews. Journalism history on American History tv, 8 00 p. M. Herein on cspan3. For the weekend webs here are a few book tv special programs. Saturday, august 22nd, were live from jackson, mississippi, for the inaugural mississippi book festival, beginning at 11 30 a. M. Eastern with discussions on harper lee, civil rights and the civil war. On saturday, september 5th, weir live from our nations festivals. On sunday with our live, indepth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute, lynn cheney, book tv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Coming up tuesday, a Panel Discussion cons
Collectively the men in charge were, quote, those inhuman monsters, he wrote in his diary, after hearing of the plight. Individually, however, soviet leaders were adversaries, not enemies. And reagan wanted to negotiate with them. He wanted, from the very start, to negotiate with them. In january of 1983, in discussing some of the arms negotiations with the soviets, he wrote in his diary, found i was wishing i could do the negotiating with the soviets. They cant be any tougher than Frank Freeman and harry cohen, the respective heads of paramount studios and columbia pictures. So, let me briefly summarize three examples of reagan engaging his cold war adversaries. And the first is, you know, still a somewhat surprising story of reagan and pregorbachev soviet leaders. For more than five years, reagan wrote in his memoir, recalling the year 1985, id made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy. For one thing, the soviets, soviet leaders kept dying on me. When he wrote that, a l
And began running over pedestrians. That happened hours after 14 people were killed when a van ran them down in barcelona. At least 100 people were injured. Three suspects have been arrested and one is still being sought. Isis claimed responsibility. A Top Senate Republican said the president has not demonstrated the character to serve job. Bob corker told reporters there must be radical change of the white house did he said the president hasnt shown the stability or competence needed to be successful. He is chairman of the Foreign Relations committee. The white house says gary cohn will stay put as director of economic council. He is upset after remarks on charlottesville. He is not quitting. The president said he is one of the top contenders to be the next fed chairman and fed chairman. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. I am emma chandra. David thanks very much. The attacks in spain come agains